Popolarment meta nghidu li xi hadd huwa Farizew, inkunu qed infissru li huwa wicc b’iehor, u ghaldaqstant nimmaginaw li l-Farizej ta’ zmien Gesù kienu hekk ukoll. L-ewwelnett ma nistghux nitfghu il-Farizej f’keffa wahda u niggeneralizzaw. Li hu zgur hu li kienu nies religjuzi hafna u osservanti. Ghaldaqstant bhal kull kategorija ta’ nies religjuzi kont issib fihom […]
CONTINUE READINGFit-talba tal-bidu tal-quddiesa ta’ llum nitolbu lil Alla jispirana sabiex dak kollu li naghmlu jibda u jintemm fih. Nitolbuh jimxi maghna wkoll halli nibqghu dejjem fih, f’kull ma nahsbu, nghidu, naghmlu. Li nghixu fih, anzi li nindunaw li ahna fih u hu fina, huwa wiehed mill-ghanijiet tar-Randan: f’kelma wahda li nkunu konxji. Minn xhiex? L-ewwelnett […]
CONTINUE READINGIl-wasla tar-Randan iġġib dejjem magħha f’moħħi l-kwestjoni tas-sawm u l-astinenza. Kull sena f’dan iż-żmien waqt iċ-ċelebrazzjoni tal-liturġija, aħna u nsemmu s-sawm u l-penitenza, inħossni xi ftit skomdu, għax l-impressjoni li nieħu bħala saċerdot hija, li dan hu kliem li ma jirriflettix ir-realtà. Ma naħsibx li nkun qed niżbalja jekk ngħid li s-sens tas-sawm u l-prattika […]
CONTINUE READINGFor the Lenten Season you can download for free ‘The Ladder of Divine Ascent’ by St. John Climacus, translated by Archimandrite Lazarus Moore (Harper & Brothers, 1959). John Climacus (c. 579-649) was abbot of the monastery of Catherine on Mount Sinai. His Ladder was the most widely used handbook of the ascetical life in the ancient […]
CONTINUE READINGIs-Smiegħ tal-Kelma ta’ Alla u r-riflessjoni dwar ħajjitna huma parti essenzjali mill-mixja tar-Randan. Fil-Karmnu tal-Mdina, apparti s-smiegħ attent tal-Kelma ta’ Alla kuljum fil-komunita’, matul ir-Randan nidħlu aktar fil-fond tas-smiegħ tal-Kelma ta’ Alla għall-konverżjoni tagħna billi 1. matul ir-Randan fil-komunita’ tinżamm id-drawwa monastika li jinqara kuljum mill-patrijiet “Is-Sellum tal-Perfezzjoni” ta’ San Ġwann Klimaku. Inħeġġukom tissieħbu magħna […]
CONTINUE READINGThe Carmelite community at Mdina wish to convey to all a blessed Saint Valentine feast. May the God of Love shower upon us, especially on all couples, perseverance in true love. Saint Valentine, Bishop and Martyr is buried beneath the Carmelite Basilica in Terni, Rome. Some of his relics were transferred to Whitefriars (Carmelites) Shrine […]
CONTINUE READINGPaniġierku għal nhar Santa Agata Verġni u Martri Patruna ta’ Malta “Hija tassew Verġni għax twieldet mill-Kelma ta’ Alla”. Hekk jiddefinixxi lil Santa Agata, San Metodju ta’ Sqallija, fis-seklu IX. Huwa jorbot il-Verġinita’ mat-twelid mill-Kelma ta’ Alla. B’dan il-kliem San Metodju jurina li kellu f’moħħu dak li jikteb San Ġwann fil-Ftuħ tar-Raba’ Evanġelju: li dak li ġie fiddinja, “lil […]
CONTINUE READING“when honey bees dance waggling provocative tail… queen bee smiles sweetly” John Freeman Workshop Invitation What if we met to exchange our stories, be they personal, ethnic, cultural, spiritual or traditional, on the use of herbs and flowers? We, at the Proġett Ħwawar u Fjuri, want to invite you just for that! Join us at […]
CONTINUE READINGFlecto genua mea ad Patrem Domini nostri Iesu Christi (Ef 3:14) Eċċ. Mons. Pawlu Cremona Missier il-Knisja f’Malta, Rev.du Kapitlu, ħuti fis-saċerdozju u fil-ħajja konsagrata, ħuti nsara: Flecto genua mea ad Patrem Domini nostri Iesu Christi. Jiena ninżel għarkopptejja quddiem il-Missier ta’ Sidna Ġesu’ Kristu B’dan is-sentimenti f’qalbi tal-Appostlu Missierna San Pawl mikxufa fl-ittra lill-Insara ta’ Efesu, […]
CONTINUE READINGFrom the Priory’s archives we learn that in 1669 masons were constructing the Church’s bell tower. It seems that from the start the bell tower suffered damages, since records show that in 1683 masons were paid for bringing new stone blocks for the bell tower. The bell tower suffered slight damages from the 1693 earthquake […]
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